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Issue: The Mighty Crusaders #3
Publication Date: July 1983
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Issues: #3 of 13 Issues (18 Printings)
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Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagArchie Publications, Inc.
Brand: Red Circle Comics GroupView Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Red Circle Productions Inc.
On Sale Date: 04/14/1983
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $1.25 CAD
$1.00 USD
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Content Items: 5 (2 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Robin Snyder (Editor); Victor Gorelick (Production Manager); Richard H. Goldwater (Editor-in-Chief)
Disclose Notes: The original Shield is written out as of this issue and doesn't re-appear with the Crusaders again until #9. Snyder credit per Gary Usher's Robin Snyder Comic Book List. Previous indexer credited Rich Buckler. On-sale date from Amazing Heroes #23.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Color
Dimensions: Standard Modern Age U.S.
Paper Stock: Glossy cover; Newsprint interior
Binding: Saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Rich Buckler (signed)
Inker(s): Rich Buckler (signed); Rudy Nebres (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Mighty Crusaders
Character(s): Mighty Crusaders [Shield [Lancelot Strong]; the Shield [Joe Higgins]; Jaguar; Fly Girl; The Fly; Darkling]; the Hangman
First Line: I Have Destroyed The Crusaders!
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Front cover is from Darkling's point-of-view. The back cover is the same scene from Hangman's point-of-view. Nebres inks on the back cover.
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Crusader Comments

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Robin Snyder
Letterer(s): typeset
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1.6
Disclose Notes: Located on the inside front cover and continued on the inside back cover.
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Atlantis Rising Final Chapter: The Darkling Ingredient

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Rich Buckler
Penciller(s): Rich Buckler
Inker(s): Ricardo Villagran
Colorist(s): Barry Grossman
Letterer(s): O'Shaw [Rod Ollerenshaw ?]
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Mighty Crusaders
Character(s): Mighty Crusaders [Shield [Lancelot Strong]; the Fly; Fly Girl; the Web; Jaguar; the Comet; Black Hood; Shield [Joe Higgins]; Darkling]; Brain Emperor; Malevolent Legion of Juggernauts (androids of the Hangman, Bob Phantom, The Fox, Steel Sterling, Blackjack, Captain Flag, Firefly under Eterno's control)
Synopsis: As Eterno's androids take the defeated Crusaders to Atlantis, the Shield, the Web, and the Black Hood regroup to save their fellow Crusaders with some unexpected help: the Comet, now sporting his original outfit and powers, and Darkling, a mysterious woman with the ability to teleport. Together they save their other members, then defeat Eterno. Darkling joins the Crusaders just as the Comet quits for personal reasons.
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Pages: 19
Disclose Notes: Introduction and first appearance of Darkling, who joins the Crusaders. This is a character who was and is still owned by Rich Buckler.
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Chapter 1 American Shield

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Martin L. Greim
Penciller(s): Dick Ayers
Inker(s): Tony deZuniga
Colorist(s): Barry Grossman
Letterer(s): Victor Gorelick
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Original Shield
Character(s): The Shield [Joe Higgins]; Don Phelps (FBI agent); Boroff (a Russian spy); Delta 3; Mighty Crusaders [Black Hood; Jaguar; Web; Comet; Fly; Fly Girl; Shield [Joe Higgins]; Shield [Lancelot Strong](cameo, all as a picture on a monitor)]
Synopsis: Joe Higgins and Don Phelps stop Boroff - an old Russian spy-- from getting a secret map for a mysterious organization called Delta 3.
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Pages: 12
Disclose Notes: This is Joe Higgins, who is later revealed to be the father of Bill Higgins, the 1960s Shield. Story continues in issues #4-6.
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The Darkling Ingredient

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): Rich Buckler (signed)
Inker(s): Rudy Nebres (signed)
Colorist(s): Barry Grossman
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Mighty Crusaders
Character(s): Mighty Crusaders [Fly Girl; the Fly; Jaguar; The Shield [Joe Higgins]; the Shield [Lancelot Strong]; Darkling]; the Hangman
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Front cover done from Hangman's point of view.

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